T71 Dudelange reacted well after two straight defeats and moved up two places into first in the M-U18 Division 1 Phase finale with a 90-60 home win over Entente RES AMI, who also gained two spots and now sit third. It was T71's third win over ERA this season after the earlier 96-84 and 98-67 results.
ERA opened the game through Aurel Nicula, but Tom Schumacher's team settled quickly. T71 answered with an 8-0 run and later broke the first quarter open with 13 unanswered points, moving from 13-12 to 26-12. That first separation shaped the game. By halftime, the lead was already 45-28.
Thorsten Freiheit's side had its best stretch early in the third quarter. Noah Terence Stansbury Daleiden (Season PPG: 15.67) kept ERA alive and helped trim the gap to 49-40. He finished with 29 points, matching his season high. T71's response was immediate and important: an 11-2 close to the quarter pushed the margin back to 22 points at 64-42.
The fourth quarter removed most of the remaining suspense. After ERA got back to 64-46, 16-year-old French guard Daris Honsic (Season PPG: 15.81) scored 9 points in a row, all from three-point range, and T71 were fully in control. Honsic finished with 17 points and no fouls. Jonas Lies added 15, Tom Kloos 14, and Kevin Fernandes Vaz (Season PPG: 15.00) had 13 before fouling out. Captain Justin Lux contributed 9.
For ERA, captain Jules Reuter scored 10, Elvio Alissoutin had 8, and Nicula added 7. T71's highest lead was 30 points at the end.
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